Skirt marker



Patented May 23, 1950 SKIRT MARKER Herbert G. Booth, Purchase, N. Y., assignor to David Traum Company, Incorporated, a corporation of New York Application July 3, 1948, Serial No. 37,022

4 Claims. 1 This invention relates to marking devices and more particularly to a, garment hem marker.

It is among the objects of the invention to provide a skirt marking assembly that is neat, compact and rugged in construction having but few inexpensive parts none of which is likely to get out of order and which lends itself readily to quantity production, that may readily be used even by an unskilled housewife to mark a hem without danger of injury to the dress and without the use of crayon, chalk or powder and by use of which both the desired length of the dress and the width of the hem can be marked in but a single operation.

According to the invention these objects are accomplished by the arrangement and combination of elements hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings in which are shown one or more of various possible embodiments of the several features of the invention:

Fig. l is a perspective view of the skirt marking assembly,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view on a larger scale taken along line 2-2 of Fig. 1 showing one of the clamping jaws in dot and dash lines in open position,

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view on a larger scale, taken along line 3-3 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 taken along line 4-4 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 taken along line 5 5 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view of a portion of one of the clamping jaws.

Referring now to the drawings the skirt marking assembly as shown in Fig. 1 comprises an upright standard or support desirably a yardstick or graduated bar, rectangular in cross-section, of width greater than its thickness and having appropriate markings thereon, a base l2 supporting said graduated bar in upright position and a marking device I 3 slidably mounted on said bar.

The marking device |3 which is desirably a single sheet metal stamping, although it could be of wood or plastic, comprises a slide member l4 having a cross piece I! of channel formation at the lower end thereof with its rearwardly bent lateral flanges l6 straddling yard stick II, that serves as track along which member l4 may be slid to any position of adjustment.

In order to retain slide member M in any desired position of adjustment on yardstick l i, rearwardly extending transversely aligned ears l8 and I!) are provided, preferably integral with the respective flanges l6 near the lower ends of the latter, lying in the same plane therewith.

Ears l 8 and I9 are provided with aligned openings 2! and 22 therethrough respectively, through which extends a carriage bolt 23, opening 2| being square as shown to conform to the square portion '24 of bolt 23 near the head 25 thereof, thereby to prevent the bolt from turning. A wing nut 27 is provided on the threaded end 28 of carriage bolt 23 extending through opening 22 beyond ear it, which wing nut when tightened will move flanges l6 and ears l8 and I9 towards each other, tightly to grip the sides 29 of the yardstick, thereby holding the slidable member l4 in place. As only the sides of the yardstick are gripped there will be no danger of the markings on the face thereof being scratched or obliterated which would make reading such markings difficult.

Slide member I4 is provided with a jaw config-v uration or clamping jaw 3| preferably integral with and extending longitudinally upward from the cross piece Said jaw configuration, as is clearly shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 6, preferably has a convex face and since it is of sheet metal has a concave under surface. It is narrower than the yardstick, is several inches long and is provided with a plurality of spaced, transverse depressions 5-33 across its convex face spaced along the length thereof, one near the upper and one near the lower end thereof, and has lateral borders 43.

The lower end of cross piece I! has a pairof ears 35-struck out therefrom and transversely aligned thereon by means of which a clamp arm 36 is pivotally connected to the slidable member I4. Arm 36 has on each side of its substantially rectangular lower end 4|, a rearwardly extending ear 31, which ears 3! straddle cars 35, and a pivot pin 38, headed at each end, extends through said ears 35 and 31 to form the pivotal connection, end 4| being provided with longitudinal strength-. ening ribs 46 to prevent bending thereof. 7

Arm 36 has a jaw configuration complementary to that of the slide member upon which it is mounted. Preferably said arm has a concave under face along the major part of the length thereof with lateral flanges 43 which lie in a plane parallel to rectangular end 4| and forms clamping jaw 35' which correspondsto and coacts with the convexity of the clamping jaw 3| to clamp an interposed skirt fabric against the convex face of the latter. Pairs of transversely aligned notches. are provided in the lateral flanges, 43 of the clamping jaw portion 36' of arm 36, as well as in the slide edges 44' thereof, which are spaced along the length thereof. The notches are so positioned, that when the arm 36 is moved to closed position against slide member 3| in the manner hereinafter described, a pair of notches in jaw 36 will register with each transverse depression in jaw 3|, the notches and depression being of such depth that a transverse passageiirayvfli will be formed at each marking place as is clearly shown in Fig. 2.

Base 12 which supports the graduated bar and" marking device i3 thereon comprises a pair' of:

identical substantially U-shaped brackets 47 each of the cross pieces 48 of which has a recessed portion 49 with an opening" 5| in the center thereof.

To assemble the base to the graduated bar, the;

brackets are positioned so that the recessed por-.

tions 49 thereof respectively are against the faces ofthe bar at the lowerend thereof, and a bolt 523's passed through openings 5 l' in the recessed portions and an opening 53 inthe bar. By means of a nut Stthreadedbn the-end ofthe bolt the recessed portion of each' of the brackets is securely clamped'against the associated face of the barsecurely'to holdthebase in place, with the outstretched legs-55' of the brackets providing a firm and stable support:

Themain purpose and use of the assembly is to" mark aroundthe hem of a, skirt while on the person;uniform-distances from the floor, so that the. skirt may be of'thedesired length and also to mark the lower-part-of the skirtso that the hem wilt be the same'wi'dth all around.

Tov this end the movable member I4 is adjusted along graduated bar 11' so-that a transverse depression 33; preferably the uppermost depression, is aligned; with a scalemarking on the bar indicating the number of inches it is desired that the bottom of'the skirt bespacedfrom the floor. As the curved jaw-3i is narrower in width than the graduated bar; the scale markings thereof will be clearlyvisible.

Thewearer of the skirt standsadjacent the upright. marking device'with the bottom of the skirt positioned'between the open clamping jaws Sland 368;

The. clampingiaw 36' is then moved to closed position, thereby clampingthe skirt therebetweenas is shown in Figs, 1., 2 and 3. The person doing the marking then need merely insert a conventional pin through the passageway 45 formed by notch, 44" and the associated transversedepression 33. at theselected height above the floor. The pin will readily pass through and make but two. small holes in the fabric clamped between the curved jaws 3 35; as shown in Fig; 3.

Without releasing the clamp,'a second pinhmay then be. inserted in apassagewaylfi below the firstio'. mark the width of. the hem desired so that thezaccuracyi' in positioning and spacing. of theitwo pins is assured, As the openings are. illustratively one inch apart it is apparent. that a hemof one, two or threeinches may bemarked. Itiislof .courseato' be understood that the openings couldbei other distances apart and more or less .could; be. provided; I.

The. procedure abovedescribed is repeated at intervals ..along:.,the circumference of the skirt and whenthisiscompleted the skirt has been marked both for length. and for width ofthe hem wit-ha double row. ofpins around the .skirteach row. uniformly distant from the floor and effected in an accurate and.speedylmanner.v

It will be observed that after the proper" distance is located on the skirt and the jaws are clamped together the fabric is firmly held at the proper marking point and it is immaterial whether the device is positioned on the floor or whether it is lifted to more readily effect the pinning or marking, for in either event the fabric remains tightly clamped against shifting until botlr pins have been introduced.

As the pivotal connectionbe'tween slide member l4 and arm 36 is near the lower end of the device, it is apparent that the device can be used to mark even a dress that almost touches the floor.

As manychanges'could be made in the above construction, and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without/departing from the scope of the claims, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense;

Having thus described-my invention what I claim-as new and desire to-secure= by Letters Patent ofthe United States is:

l. A skirt marking assembly comprising a standard, a slide member on said standard consisting of a single metal stamping, the lower part of said stamping comprising means straddling said standard andserving frictionally to retain said slide member in adjusted position upon said standard,- the upperpartof said slide member consisting of a jaw configuration several inches in length,having parallel-lateral borders engaging the face of said standard;-'an armpivotally mounted uponsaid-slide'member near the lower end of the latter, a, jaw configuration-on said arm complementary tG-and-of-the length of that of said slide member; 'the-jawconfiguration on said slide'member having a plurality of longitudinally spaced transverse-depressions therein including one near the upper-and-one nearthe lower end thereof and the jaw configuration on said arm having a plurality of longitudinally spaced-transversely aligned notches intheside edges thereof in registry with the respective depressions when said arm is pivoted to upright position against said slide member, thereby toform a corresponding pluralityof transverse passageways, whereby a pin may be insertedhorizontally through the uppermost ofsaid-passageways into the fabric of a skirt clamped between said jaw configurations and while'the jaws are still closed, a secondpin may inserted through one of the other sageways determined by said jaws, thereby to define with accuracy: respectively the length of the skirt and the *width'of its hem.-

2. The skirt marker recited in claim 1, in which the standard is a graduated bar rectangular in cross-section, of face" width greater than its thickness," in which the straddling means at the lower end of the sIidemember is of channel formation, inwhi'ch' the'jaw configuration of the slide member hasa convex face narrower than said standard with the edges thereof forming the borders in engagement with the face of said standard and in which the pivoted jaw member has a concave-under face engaging substantially the entire length of said convex face of the slide member.

3. The combination recited in claim 1, in which the standard is in the form-of a graduated bar, rectangular in cross section; of face width greater than its thickness; thestraddling means at the lower'part of the slide member is of" channel forination' and extendsacross the-fac'eof the standard, in which ears protrude rearward of the sides has a wing nut on the free end thereof frictionally to clamp the channel in adjusted position .lar in cross-section, said article comprising a sheet metal slide member channel shaped at its lower portion to present a face and rearwardly extending sides, ears in the planes of the respecr tive sides for accommodating a cross bolt, a jaw conformation integral with and extending upward from said channel shaped portion, of width narrower than said channel, trough shaped in ,cross section and presenting a convex outer face several inches in length nd having a plurality of i transverse depressions, one near the upper and one near the lower end thereof, a complementary sheet metal jaw member pivoted near its lower end to said channel shaped portion and of length, width and conformation complementary to that of said convex face on the slide member, said jaw member including a concave under surface adapted in closed position to engage the entire length of and to extend about the convexity of said jaw conformation, and having notches in its 7 side edges in registry with the respective depressions in the convex member to determine transverse passageways in closed position thereof.

I HERBERT G. BOOTH.

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